diff --git a/debian/lenny/tdepim/debian/rules b/debian/lenny/tdepim/debian/rules
index 1e7824373..d532ea3fb 100755
--- a/debian/lenny/tdepim/debian/rules
+++ b/debian/lenny/tdepim/debian/rules
@@ -47,6 +47,8 @@ DEB_CMAKE_EXTRA_FLAGS := \
  -DWITH_XSCREENSAVER="ON" \
  -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=RelWithDebInfo
 
+DEB_MAKE_CHECK_TARGET = check
+
 # Honour "parallel=N" option of DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS.  Comment out to
 # never build in parallel, regardless of DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS.
 DEB_BUILD_PARALLEL = true
diff --git a/debian/squeeze/tdepim/debian/rules b/debian/squeeze/tdepim/debian/rules
index 1da0c08ab..4ff2f7ea7 100755
--- a/debian/squeeze/tdepim/debian/rules
+++ b/debian/squeeze/tdepim/debian/rules
@@ -47,6 +47,8 @@ DEB_CMAKE_EXTRA_FLAGS := \
  -DWITH_XSCREENSAVER="ON" \
  -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=RelWithDebInfo
 
+DEB_MAKE_CHECK_TARGET = check
+
 # Honour "parallel=N" option of DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS.  Comment out to
 # never build in parallel, regardless of DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS.
 DEB_BUILD_PARALLEL = true
diff --git a/ubuntu/maverick/tdepim/debian/rules b/ubuntu/maverick/tdepim/debian/rules
index 1da0c08ab..4ff2f7ea7 100755
--- a/ubuntu/maverick/tdepim/debian/rules
+++ b/ubuntu/maverick/tdepim/debian/rules
@@ -47,6 +47,8 @@ DEB_CMAKE_EXTRA_FLAGS := \
  -DWITH_XSCREENSAVER="ON" \
  -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=RelWithDebInfo
 
+DEB_MAKE_CHECK_TARGET = check
+
 # Honour "parallel=N" option of DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS.  Comment out to
 # never build in parallel, regardless of DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS.
 DEB_BUILD_PARALLEL = true